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We welcome writer «wannabes» or published writers of any genre from any geographic area to join us.

Author's Digest offers ten proofreading and editing tips for self - publishing writers of all genres, to help you get your book in the best shape possible.

Not exact matches

Many traditional writers self publish such work because economically and physically there isn't a lot of sense in print publishing them, with the exception of limited edition chapbooks etc in specialised / genre markets, and usually for very popular writers.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareAnthologies, once a staple of genre publishing, have become a rarity at major publishing houses over the past couple of decades.Small presses still embrace the anthology format, however, as do genre readers — ... -LSB-...]

We Need Diverse Books Short Story Contest is open to emerging diverse writers from all diverse backgrounds (including, but not limited to, LGBTQIA, people of colour, gender diversity, people with disabilities, and ethnic, cultural and religious minorities) who have not been published in a traditional print fiction book format, including self - published, independents, small and medium publishing houses, in all genres whether for the children's or adult market.

Your e-book, This Plague of Days, Omnibus Edition was awarded an Honorable Mention for Writer's Digest's Self - Published e-Book Awards in Genre.

Give a short bio, a list of what writing organizations you belong to, your genre if you've settled on one, plus links to any short pieces you've published, or contests you've won — and anything else that relates to you as a writer.

Meanwhile, Penguin already has one foot in the self - publishing / author services pool with Book Country, an online community for aspiring genre writers that launched a suite of self - publishing services last fall in the inevitable step towards monetizing its modest user base:

In addition, authors learn more about similar titles, including genre classification, publisher of record, publishing date, unit sales data, and online links to Goodreads, helping them learn more about the writer and title history.

Further, mass - market paperback and e-book formats provide an entry point into publishing for new voices of every kind: women writers, writers of color and ethnic minorities, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender writers, young writers, and writers who are creating new genres.

ireadiwrite Publishing offers books by new writers across a wide variety of literary fiction, poetry and selected non-fiction genres.

Focusing on shorter novels in genres that are accepting of them, so that you can publish more often, even if you're not a super speedy writer.

The publishing houses made a lot of money on their own genre best - sellers, but the Amazon backers were not wrong to think that some of the institutions associated with American publishing — such as The New York Times, which has reported on the Hachette - Amazon standoff in great detail — did not take self - published genre writers all that seriously, and probably never would.

There were genre writers on both sides of the dispute, but on the publishing side were huddled the biographers, urban historians, midlist novelists — that is, all the people who were able to eke out a living because publishers still paid advances, acting as a kind of local literary bank, in anticipation of future sales.

Genre writers know that when their book is published they will have a group of readers waiting for their release.

Her self - publishing books are based on her personal experience in self - publishing genre fiction — she hopes they will help her writer - friends take their own leaps into the wild (and wonderful) world of indie publishing... and not only survive, but thrive.

Saunders has also been published in Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy anthologies in the past so I think to some extent he is a genre writer — although I don't think any writer should be limited to a category as such.

We are pleased to announce that Rivers of Ink has transitioned into a full two - day writers conference featuring opportunities and workshops in Honing your Craft, Publishing & Marketing, and Genre Specific.

A focused forum, however, will offer the benefit of a host of writers who know very specific information about a particular genre or provide dynamic feedback on aspects of publishing that interest all of its members.

These days lots of writers publish different genres under the same name.

And one more for good measure: Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest recognizes work by an emerging writer (no published work, traditional or indie) in each of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and pWriter's Contest recognizes work by an emerging writer (no published work, traditional or indie) in each of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and pwriter (no published work, traditional or indie) in each of three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

I've provided editing services to traditionally published professional writers and indie authors since 1998, for a total of nearly 500 books across the genres.

I first met Jane Friedman sometime around June, 2001, when she called to tell me that my novel Acts of the Apostles had won the Writer's Digest National Self - Published Book Award for that year (in the «genre» category: a juried competition with 324 entrants, ahem; I digress).

Speaking on The Self Publishing Podcast, independent author David Wright found that this type of promotion works, especially with writers who work in genre fiction.

As a writer (at least one who has the goal & desire of being published), one has a personal responsibility to at least be knowledgable enough to know to whom one SHOULD NOT be sending queries (i.e. agents / publishers who don't even represent / publish your genre).

Located in the Seattle / Puget Sound area of Washington State, the Greater Seattle chapter is dedicated to promoting excellence in romantic fiction by helping writers become published in the romance genre and provide a place where writers (both published and unpublished) can come for growth, support, inspiration and education.

It is one of the most difficult genres for writers to have success getting published and it requires far more work than the beginner would suspect.

Established, recognized literary awards in independent publishing include, but are not limited to, the Ben Franklin Book Awards (Independent Publishing Association); the Colorado Book Awards (Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book); the EVVY Award (Colorado Independent Publishers Association / CIPA); Foreward Magazine's Book of the Year / Indie Fab Awards; Global Ebooks Award; Historical Novels Society Awards; International Book Awards (USA Book News); IPPY Awards (Independent Publisher Book Awards); Midwest Book Awards (MIPA): National Book Awards; Next Generation «Indie» Book Awards; Indie Excellence Award (National); Pen Center USA Literary Awards; WILLA Literary Awards; Writer's Digest Self - Published Book Awards; USA Book Awards / Book News Awards; and genre specific awards such as the RITA (Romance Writers of America and the HUGO (World Science Fiction Society / publishing include, but are not limited to, the Ben Franklin Book Awards (Independent Publishing Association); the Colorado Book Awards (Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book); the EVVY Award (Colorado Independent Publishers Association / CIPA); Foreward Magazine's Book of the Year / Indie Fab Awards; Global Ebooks Award; Historical Novels Society Awards; International Book Awards (USA Book News); IPPY Awards (Independent Publisher Book Awards); Midwest Book Awards (MIPA): National Book Awards; Next Generation «Indie» Book Awards; Indie Excellence Award (National); Pen Center USA Literary Awards; WILLA Literary Awards; Writer's Digest Self - Published Book Awards; USA Book Awards / Book News Awards; and genre specific awards such as the RITA (Romance Writers of America and the HUGO (World Science Fiction Society / Publishing Association); the Colorado Book Awards (Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book); the EVVY Award (Colorado Independent Publishers Association / CIPA); Foreward Magazine's Book of the Year / Indie Fab Awards; Global Ebooks Award; Historical Novels Society Awards; International Book Awards (USA Book News); IPPY Awards (Independent Publisher Book Awards); Midwest Book Awards (MIPA): National Book Awards; Next Generation «Indie» Book Awards; Indie Excellence Award (National); Pen Center USA Literary Awards; WILLA Literary Awards; Writer's Digest Self - Published Book Awards; USA Book Awards / Book News Awards; and genre specific awards such as the RITA (Romance Writers of America and the HUGO (World Science Fiction Society / Worldcon).

Fiction River publishes stories in many genres from all kinds of writers, with New York Times bestselling authors published alongside some of the best new voices in fiction.

Our community at Two Drops of Ink still has room for the published or indie author, aspiring writer, poet, journalist, wordsmith, or writers of multiple genres looking for another platform to expose readers to their writing.

I'm around those who are freelance editing pre-query for writers hoping to traditionally publish their genre fiction, not the kind of rigorous editing a self publishing author would need, which should rightfully be much more expensive!

Where other literary genres bemoan the short story's death, SF and Fantasy writers still have a range of options for publishing work in shorter forms.

Yes, you might know someone in marketing that's a great copy writer, but someone who works in publishing knows the importance of using key words in your genre and should also be on top of what's working for bestselling books, what readers respond to.

Many of the African American crime writers of the nineties have been dropped by the big print houses and have had to turn either to self - publishing or to other genres.

NORTH LOUISIANA STORYTELLERS AND AUTHORS OF ROMANCE (NOLA STARS) strives to: * promote excellence in romantic fiction * provide continuing support for writers within the romance publishing industry * promote and advocate both an author - friendly environment and respect for the romance genre within our community through member professionalism and local outreach activities

Demand: If you're a niche genre writer, then self - publishing is already a great choice for you — but you can delve even deeper into the marketability of your book's genre by doing a little research into the sales breakdown of e-books vs. print books of works that are similar to your own.

While commercial (genre) authors write to make money which is hard, because most publishing companies offer little, or no support for their writers in the form of marketing and visibility.

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Every summer, writers in many genres from around the world gather to participate in a magical week of intensive work focused on story, voice, craft, marketing, and networking with fellow writers and publishing professionals.

Considering she is a well - connected, self - published, romance writer it isn't surprising that many of the responses skew to the romance genre.

I think, if we're writers with a commercial mindset, the smartest thing we can do is publish on a multitude of different platforms and reach different audiences through genre diversification.

Sometimes the requirements of urban publishing companies may be completely different from the common genre, so the writers can't be overconfident about their works.

New Adult is Exhibit A of a genre that was entirely driven from the bottom up — writers were writing the works, but publishers weren't publishing them.

They are «excited to launch three new digital imprints, alongside the existing digital imprint LOVESWEPT, that will feed today's savvy readers by bringing the best, the boldest, and the newest voices directly to them... this digital - only program will seek out the best and brightest names in the next generation of authors, enabling us to cultivate a team of writers in the publishing world's most prolific and lively genres.

But as marketing falls more and more to the writer, and as self - published authors close the quality gap by employing freelance editors and skilled cover artists, the earnings comparison in our study suggests a controversial conclusion: Genre writers are financially better off self - publishing, no matter the potential of their manuscripts.

If you are a writer but do not currently have a published book, check out the writing section of your profile where you can post your writing by genre for other members to read and review.

Established in January 2012 for the purpose of connecting indie writers for support and success in indie publishing, The Indie Writer's Network (IndieWriteNet) is now an international writing community of over a thousand writers of all genres — and growing daily.

Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA Today bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds and hundreds of short stories across many genres.

Scratch is for writers of all genres and trades — and for anyone who wants to know where the publishing and journalism industries go from here.

BUT I'm very glad I didn't jump on the Christian publishing option now, because that really is a dead - end right now for writers in cross-genre works that don't fit the sweet romance, Right Wing self - help and other popular genres of the moment.